Journal: Oncology Letters
Article Title: PDGF-BB regulates the transformation of fibroblasts into cancer-associated fibroblasts via the lncRNA LURAP1L-AS1/LURAP1L/IKK/IκB/NF-κB signaling pathway
doi: 10.3892/ol.2021.12798
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of the PDGFR-β inhibitor, CP-673451 on LURAP1L-AS1-LURAP1L/IKK/IκB/NF-κB signaling and CAF programming. (A) Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR analysis of LURAP1L and LURAP1L-AS1 expression levels. (B) Western blot analysis of FAP-α, α-SMA, IKKα, IκBα, NF-κB p65 and p-p65 expression following overexpression of LURAP1L-AS1 and treatment with PDGF-BB. *P<0.05 vs. PDGF-BB. PDGF, platelet-derived growth factor; LURAP1L, leucine-rich adaptor protein 1-like; LURAP1L-AS1, LURAP1L antisense RNA 1; IKKα, IκB kinase α; IKK, I-κB kinase; IκBα, nuclear factor of κ light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor α; NF-κB, nuclear factor-κB; CAF, cancer-associated fibroblasts; p, phosphorylated; α-SMA, α-smooth muscle actin; FAP-α, fibroblast activation protein-α.
Article Snippet: The following antibodies were used in the present study: α-SMA (cat. no. ab5694; 1:1,000), FAP-α (cat. no. ab53066; 1:500), IKKα (cat. no. ab32041; 1:1,000), IκBα (cat. no. ab32518; 1:1,000), NF-κB p65 (cat. no. ab16502; 1:1,000), p-NF-κBp65 (p-S536; cat. no. ab86299; 1:1,000), GAPDH (cat. no. ab181602; 1:10,000), β-tubulin (cat. no. ab179511; 1:1,000) and β-actin (cat. no. ab8227; 1:1,000) were obtained from Abcam; LURAP1L (cat. no. PA5-55072; 1:1,000) was obtained from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., and PDGFR-β (cat. no. bs-0232R; 1:1,000) and p-PDGFR-β (Tyr740; cat. no. bs-3323R; 1:1,000) were obtained from BIOSS.
Techniques: Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Expressing, Western Blot, Over Expression, Derivative Assay, Activation Assay